Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Opwijk · since 2024
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wingene · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of BELGISCH GOUD · Full-service restaurants · Evergem · since 2016
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Gent · since 2019
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Asse · since 2008
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Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2012
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HOERDT · since 2007
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Event catering · Wingene · since 2024
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Abbreviation of MADELEINE CORPORATION INVESTISSEMENT 51 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ukkel · since 1991
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Retail sale of footwear · Deinze · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Book publishing · since 2008
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since 2019
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2018
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Waregem · since 1968
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Marie Desmet Advocatenkantoor · Activities of lawyers · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2023
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Tournai · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · since 1997
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2020
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of HET BOURGONDISCH KRUIS · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Wielsbeke · since 1994
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Engis · since 2023
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Support activities for crop production · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2017
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Painting of buildings · Brussel · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · since 2011
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Activities of lawyers · since 1987
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Activities of building architects · Manhay · since 2024
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Huldenberg · since 2011
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2004
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Support activities for animal production · since 2025
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2015
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Plumbing work · Bredene · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Activities of lawyers · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · Waregem · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oostende · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Wevelgem · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Tienen · since 2024